What is "blunt"

Blunt \Blunt\, n.

1. A fencer's foil. [Obs.]

2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

3. Money. [Cant]
   --Beaconsfield.

Blunt \Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blunting.]

1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
   --Shak.

2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

Blunt \Blunt\ (bl[u^]nt), a. [Cf. Prov. G. bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. blunda; or perh. akin to E. blind.]

1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

   The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
   --Shak.

2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.

   His wits are not so blunt.
   --Shak.

3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. ``Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior.'' ``A plain, blunt man.''
   --Shak.

4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.]

   I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
   --Pope.

   Note: Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken.

   Syn: Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil.

c.1200, "dull, obtuse," perhaps from or related to Old Norse blundra (see blunder (v.)). Of tools or weapons, late 14c. Meaning "abrupt of speech or manner" is from 1580s.

late 14c., from blunt (adj.). Related: Blunted; blunting.\n

street slang for "marijuana and tobacco cigar" (easier to pass around, easier to disguise, and the stimulant in the tobacco enhances the high from the pot) surfaced c.1993, but is said to have originated among Jamaicans in New York City in the early 1980s; from Phillies Blunt brand cigars; see blunt (adj.), which has been used of certain cigars since 19c.Users say that the Phillies Blunt brand produces less harsh-tasting or sweeter smoke. The leaf wrapper of a Phillies Blunt is strong enough to hold together through the manipulations of making a blunt. Other brands fall apart. [http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org/Drugs/THC/Smoke/blunts.html]

1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp. n. 1 A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. 2 A short needle with a strong point. 3 (context smoking English) A marijuana cigar. 4 (context UK slang archaic uncountable English) money 5 A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. v

2. 1 To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. 2 (context figuratively English) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

1. v. make less intense; "blunted emotions"

2. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, dull]

3. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" [syn: dull] [ant: sharpen]

4. make less sharp; "blunt the knives"

5. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" [syn: deaden] [ant: enliven]

1. adj. having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

2. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"

3. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder]

4. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: crude(a), stark(a)]

Blunt may refer to:

• Blunt (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name)
• Blunt (edge or tip), having an edge or point that is not sharp
• Blunt (cigar), a term used in the cigar industry to designate blunt-tipped, usually factory-rolled cigars
• Blunt (cannabis cigar), a slang term used in cannabis culture
• Blunt, South Dakota, USA
• Blunt Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada
• Blunt Magazine (magazine), a Canadian blogging e-zine published quarterly
• Blunt, California, a place in California

Blunt Snowboard Magazine was an American snowboard magazine published in the 1990s. The magazine was established in 1993 and the founder was Ken Block. DC Shoes were the initial publishers of Blunt, which mainly featured advertisements for new, small and independent companies. The magazine also featured regular submissions by skateboarder Ed Templeton and photos by Rob "Whitey" McConnaughy. The magazine was eventually sold to Big Brother Magazine and in 1997 on to Larry Flynt Publications who discontinued it a few years later.

A blunt is a cigar hollowed out and filled with marijuana. It is rolled with the tobacco-leaf "wrapper" from an inexpensive cigar. Blunts take their name from Phillies Blunt brand cigars, although any commonly available inexpensive cigar or cigarillo is likely to be used, due to suitability and availability. Another common term for a blunt is an "El-P" or "L", a reference to the El Producto brand. Another commonly used nickname is "Dutch" when referring to Dutch Masters. Swisher Sweets and White Owl cigars/cigarillos are also popular with those who smoke blunts.

Blunts also come as ready made tobacco wraps with hundreds of flavors across numerous brands.

In the tobacco industry, a blunt is defined as a cigar which is wider than a cigarillo and not quite as wide as a Corona. A cigarillo that has been split and re-rolled with marijuana is called a blunt in cannabis culture.

Due to the tobacco content in the wrapper leaf, blunts carry with them the risks of tobacco use, including addiction and cancer. In addition to using cheap cigars and cigarillos to smoke cannabis, cigar wraps or "blunt wraps" are also used. These products are legal because they are ostensibly used in rolling one's own cigars.

Blunt (dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer who was active in the 1790s playing for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He is recorded in one first-class match in 1792, totalling 0 runs with a highest score of 0.

A blunt is a cigar which is wider than a cigarillo and not quite as wide as a Corona. These cigars typically consist of two main parts; the inner leaf, which is similar to a cigarette rolling paper, except it is made of tobacco, and a thicker outer leaf which is rolled around the inner leaf in a spiral. In most commercially available blunts, the "leaves" are not actual tobacco leaves but rather paper made from tobacco pulp.

Blunts originally got their name from their "broad or rounded tip", and were named as such in the 19th century to differentiate them from other cigars with a tapered, pointed tip. Blunts are a specific size cigar that have been so popular as to have been once sold in specific vending machines. The original blunt cigar was manufactured in Philadelphia out of a single leaf outer tobacco wrapper. At the time this was the only cigar wrapped in one continuous leaf, other cigars used pieces of leaves for their outer wrapper. Tobacco leaves naturally taper at the ends. Since this cigar was rolled in one leaf the end would taper and had a round appearance (thus leading to the Blunt name). Due to the popularity of this style of cigar many other Blunts were launched into the marketplace. Brands of blunts include: Phillies, Dutch Masters, Backwoods, White Owl, Altadis marketing "Antonio Y Cleopatra", "El Producto", and "Tampa Nugget" brands, Swedish Match marketing "Game" and "Garcia Y Vega" brands, and Swisher Sweets marketing "King Edward", "Optimo", and Pom Pom brands. These types of cigars are commonly sold in convenience stores, gas stations, grocery stores, and drugstores, in contrast to premium cigars, which are sold in cigar shops. Blunts burn quickly like cigarettes, and some can be smoked in about five minutes, whereas a premium cigar takes an hour or so to burn. Unlike premium cigars, blunts are either already cut or have a hole in the mouth end for the smoke to go through, and so they do not need to be cut at the mouth end. Blunts are also significantly cheaper than premium cigars.

Over time the term Blunt came to describe any cigar wrapped in a single continuous leaf. However, in the 1970s a new manner of producing cigars was invented. This manner is known as spiral binding. No longer did cigars have to be rolled in a continuous single leaf but instead a continuous spiral wrap from base to tip could be employed. The basic shape of a blunt remained unchanged although the burn characteristics of a spiral wrapped cigar is not the same as a single continuous leaf. However spiral wrapping is much less expensive than using a full single tobacco leaf. Spiral wrapping gives a better seal than a single continuous leaf as overlapping can be done (much like wrapping an arm in a bandage, spiral wrapping is easier to seal than a single continuous bandage).

Individually packaged blunt leaves have been available for many years. These are tobacco leaves that because of their nature and appearance are used to roll a cigar in one continuous sheet (thus the name blunt is used). The United States Tobacco Taxation Board has classified all individual cigar wrappers as "blunts" and taxes them as roll-your-own tobacco. Many US states classify blunt wraps as tobacco and a license is required to sell them and collect tax. Canada defines a blunt wrap as "a sheet or tube made of tobacco used to roll cigarette tobacco in—similar to rolling paper". Use of these single continuous sheets is closer to the original blunts of the 19th century since it is not a spiral wrap.

Blunt is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or "dull" (Middle English blunt, blont) A variety spelling is Blount.

• Lady Anne Blunt (1837–1917), English horsebreeder; wife of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
• Anthony Blunt (1907–1983), English art historian and Soviet spy
• Charles Blunt (born 1951), leader of the National Party of Australia
• Crispin Blunt (born 1961), English Conservative MP for Reigate
• E. A. H. Blunt, administrator and writer of the British Raj
• Edmund March Blunt (born 1770), American navigator and magazine publisher
• Emily Blunt (born 1983), British actress
• Giles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian author
• James Blunt (born 1974), British musician
• James G. Blunt (1826–1881), Union General in the American Civil War
• John Henry Blunt (1823–1884), English divine
• John James Blunt, (1794–1855), English religious scholar
• Joseph Blunt (1792–1860), American lawyer, author, editor and politician from New York
• Judy Blunt (born 1954), American Writer from Montana
• Leroy Blunt (1921-2016), American politician
• Matt Blunt (born 1970), governor of Missouri
• N. Bowditch Blunt (1804–1854), American lawyer and politician from New York
• Reginald Blunt (1857–1944), English author
• Roy Blunt (born 1950), U.S. Representative from Missouri, House Majority Whip and interim House Majority Leader
• Russell Blunt (1908–2004), notable North Carolina track and field coach
• Simon F. Blunt (1818–1854) American Sailor, Cartographer, and Ship Captain
• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), English poet and writer
• Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987), English art teacher, artist, author and curator of the Watts Gallery